Cutting Up Touches is the first book ever written on the history of exhibition pickpocketing. In it, David Avadon traces this light-fingered entertainment from its murky music hall beginnings to the largest showrooms in the world. He profiles Giovanni and Borra, the architects of stealing on stage. He spotlights Dominique and Ricki Dunn,
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by Roberto Giobbi

Roberto Giobbi's newest survey of sleightless card magic, CARD COLLEGE LIGHTER, gives the famous Giobbi treatment to 21 baffling card tricks by some of the craft's greatest masters, including Vernon, Annemann, Leech, Maven, Fulves, Hummer, Vollmer and Krenzel. These tricks do not require sleights, but
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This Is Not Your Father's "Self-Working" Card Book!

From the author of Card College , the world's most acclaimed course on sleight-of-hand card magic, comes Card College Light, Roberto Giobbi's first text focused entirely on professional caliber card tricks requiring no manipulative skill.
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Roberto Giobbi's Acclaimed Course On Sleight-Of-Hand Card Magic! Never before has a course in card magic been so thoroughly illustrated for clarity and ease of learning. Clear, engaging, detailed writing is coupled with over 1,200 professional drawings to aid the student in attaining mastery over a deck in the shortest possible time.

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If you are interested in Card Magic at all, you MUST have this book. Guaranteed to give you more useful, entertaining, audience preferred card effects, than any other book available.
272 pages, full of astounding effects, routines, ideas by Harry Lorayne and some of his friends, including some of the best minds in Card Magic: Dai Vernon,
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This is one of the best books for the beginning card magician. Each chapter describes a different sleight followed by a collection of tricks using that skill. A total of 76 carefully chosen card tricks is explained. This book has been the starting point for many card workers.

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Woody Aragón is an outstanding card magician, technical expert, and entertaining performer from Toledo, Spain. As a writer, lecturer, teacher, and performer, Woody has incredible insight and theories about magic that he shares in this book.

The card magic in this book will inspire, delight, and fool you as you learn and use it.
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Written by Wesley James, edited by Matthew Field, and Illustrated by Tom Gagnon, this hardcover, oversize book, contains 214 pages, 63 items, and 568 stunning illustrations.


Randy Wakeman: "Performers in the know salivate whenever Tom, or one of his pieces of magic, appears, and with good reason. The high quality of Tom’s
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Become a card-carrying member of Bannon's Bullet Party.

Bannon's back; locked and loaded with over twelve card tricks and moves. High caliber card magic in three chapters.

First, "Bullet Party", the next installment in Bannon's "fractal card trick" series. High impact packet magic that ends clean and examinable.
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Finding the Center is a treatise on the world's most elusive sleight: the center deal. Often talked about and seldom attempted, this move has become the stuff of legends. Seemingly from nowhwere, Italian author Antonio
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Written by Ed Solomon, with Foreword by Robert Neale- This books is for card magicians with a sense of humor OR storytelling magicians who think they would never do a card trick OR the person who is a little bit of both OR The avid, passionate card worker who really wants to get ticked off.

Ed Solomon, and his alter ego Denomolos
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10 Incredible Hands Off routines

The one condition I set myself in developing these routines is that effects would not be diluted just because they were 'Hands Off' - in fact, if anything, they would become stronger. Well they did become stronger, much stronger! A couple of these routines have been published before however
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In 1949 magician Paul Curry proposed an effect with playing cards that seemed impossible. Despite the best efforts of the top minds of his day, the effect became known as The Curry Unsolved Card Problem.

For almost 60 years mentalists and magicians have wracked their brains trying to find the perfect solution for Curry's
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The third volume of Subtle Card Creations offers another collection of brilliant card magic. The intent here is the earlier volumes - to present some of the most effective, yet easy-to-do card magic, avoiding all difficult sleights.

A Cut Above is a joyful exploration of one-handed cuts created or documented by Msgr. Vincent Foy, a pioneer of the modern movement of card flourishes. His contributions on this subject that appeared initially in The Linking Ring and in Bertram on Sleight of Hand inspired a new generation of finger-flingers.

At
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There's a reason for the success of any Harry Lorayne book. In the magic world, Harry Lorayne is considered to be the best writer/teacher of, entertainer with, playing cards.

Mr. Lorayne's exalted reputation began with Close-Up Card Magic (1962), which became an instant classic. That reputation grew in leaps and bounds
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You've seen the raves on the internet, and read the reviews. Now available by DEMAND as a beautifully printed booklet to add to your library.

PSI-POKER is the latest creation from Ben Harris (co-creator of 2010's hit "X-RAY").

This new effect is TOTALLY SELF-WORKING, requiring no skill or gaffs. The secret is ancient,
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A book featuring Meir Yedid's offbeat magic where he uses ordinary playing cards in extraordinary ways. All of these routines are visual, quirky and very memorable. Also taught are all of the techniques used within the routines. Written by Harry Lorayne and illustrated by Fred Kraus. Second edition published by Meir Yedid Magic in 2010.
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Whether you are simply curious, an avid card player, or someone interested in dabbling in the darker side of poker, Cheating At Texas Hold’em will be one of the most interesting and enlightening contributions to your game. In these pages you will encounter an unprecedented collection of research and innovation – a comprehensive project
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There has never been a book quite like this before. It is the first-ever encyclopedia collection of card forces. These forces don't make use of gimmicked cards of any kind. Many of them are well off the beaten track, and some are so new that they have never appeared in print before. Contains over 500 forces, 100 illustrations, hardbound
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